First of all, I got some good help on the dryer issue. Thanks everybody! Unfortunately, I've decided to do my laundry the hard way, with a washboard and a line for hanging. Perhaps my clothes will not be clean. Perhaps I'll rip half of my shirts in half. Perhaps hobos will raid my backyard and steal my pants. All I know is, I'm knocking a clean $15 a month off of my electricity bill!
(Actually, the dryer worked fine immediately after I posted that entry. Leave it to Goulash to get the wheels a-rollin'.)
Remember how some friends and I tried out for the World Series of Pop Culture earlier this year? Well, the finals are finally on TV and it's made for some painful watching. How would our team have done? I believe that we would've mopped the floor with 50% of the teams on there. I watched an episode last night where the host stated a few lines from Billie Jeans, including "I am the one", and asked the contestants to name the song. Nobody got it. Repeat: not one person got it, and certainly no one did a spontaneous, yet alluring dance to the song, as our team would've. Then (or perhaps earlier), both contestants completely flubbed a Caddyshack quote. We should've been on!
There is one tidbit that makes all of this hurt a little bit less: the Austin team has already been on, and they were good. We couldn't have beat them. Well, maybe we could've won with some cherry-picked topics (Andy Richter Controls the Universe, early Elvis Costello lyrics, and Things In Cody's Pocket). If someone had to take our spot, I'm glad it was Team Motherboy (killer name, btw).
Before I go, I'd like to say that, while the mainstream media is completely ignoring it, our Texas Rangers are on one heck of a tear. Before, I was thinking we should trade everybody, including the hot dog vendors. Now, I'm thinking we keep everybody and Eric Gagne moves into my spare bedroom in the offseason. Such is the life of a baseball fan.
Posted by Cody at July 11, 2007 9:50 PM